This document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations with concise bullet points, clear visuals, and engaging delivery. It recommends using one main point per slide, about 6 words per bullet point, avoiding distracting fonts and templates, including relevant photos while respecting copyright, using animations and transitions sparingly, and recapping the main points at the end. The overall message is to make the presentation easy to understand and follow rather than getting lost in the slides.

2. Do not type out
everything you plan
to say. If they can
just read it, why
should they listen to
you?

3. Use one main point
per slide. This keeps
your audience from
reading ahead and
tuning you out.

4. • Use about 6 words
per bullet
• Or just don’t use
them

5. No one likes a
presentation
that’s hard to
read.

7. Fonts to avoid:
Tahoma
Microsoft Sans Serif
Arial
Verdana
Courier New
Times New Roman
Trebuchet MS
Lucida Console
Comic Sans

8. Don’t let your
visual aid
become a visual
pain.

9. Use a color
scheme.
www.colourlovers.com

10. But not an
obnoxious
one.

11. Also, avoid
standard
templates. They
are both boring
and ugly.

12. Real pictures are
better than Clip Art.
But be mindful of
copyright: search for
royalty-free photo
websites.

13. Don’t make your
audience wish
they brought
some
Dramamine.

14. Use animations
sparingly.

15. Transitions are meant
to get smoothly from
one point to another.
Try not to make them
too distracting.

16. You want the
audience to stay with
you, not get lost in
your slides.

17. Use clear
signposts for
your points.

18. At the end of your
presentation, recap
the main points.

20. At the end of the
day, it’s you who
makes the
presentation great
and memorable!

21. • “Steal This Presentation” by Jesse Desjardins
http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/steal-this-presentation-5038209
• “You Suck at PowerPoint!” by Jesse Desjardins
http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/you-suck-at-
powerpoint?from=ss_embed
• “Top 5 Worst Things to Do in a PowerPoint Presentation” by Brian
Nelson http://www.trainsignal.com/blog/improve-your-powerpoint-
presentation
• Photos by David Castillo Dominici, via FreeDigitalPhotos.net
• http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/most-loved/all-time/meta
• “PowerPoint Bullet Points: Do We Need Them?” by Paula Crerar
http://www.brainshark.com/ideas-blog/brainshark-
articles/2012/January/PowerPoint-Bullet-Points-Do-we-need-
them.aspx